Line-casting machine.



J. R; ROGERS. LINE CASTING MACHINE. AP-PLIOATION FILED MAYQYS, 1910.

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LINE CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1910.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN 3. ROGERS, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHAIZER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

LINE-CASTING- MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914..

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN R. Rooms, of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvements in Line-Casting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to line casting machines of. the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States No. 436,532, wherein circulating mat rices and expansible spacers are composed temporarily in line, presented to a mold to form type characters onthe slug cast therein, and thereafter returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazines or holders. It has special'reference to such machines when provided with matrices having each separately usable characters at different levels, so that-one or the other of the characters may be brought to the Operative level in front of the mold. Various mechanisms have been devised for delivering matrices to the line at one level or another, as required.

The object of my invention isto provide -a very simple mechanism wherein the matrices are assembled at a common level which admits of one or more matrices in a line being speedily shifted to the other level by hand.

It also relates to means for locking the matrices at the determined levels when in the casting position; also to means for bringing themall to a common level preparatory to their distribution.

\Vith the exception of the parts herein specifically described the machine may be in all respects of any ordinary or suitable construction, the drawings being limited to such parts as are necessary to the understanding of my invention.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l is a front elevation in outline of those parts of the machine to which my invention relates. Fig. 2 is a cross section through the assembling elevator on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

showing the formation of the elevator rails and matrices to admit of the latter being lifted from the normal level to the upper level. Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing the delivery side of the assembling elevator and the adjacent end of the intermediate ch n el through whi h t composed line is delivered in its course toward the casting mechanism. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3 -3*, Fig. 3/ Figt is a vertical cross section onthe line H Fig. 1 through the mold, the first elevator for sustaining the matrices in front of the mold, and the ad.

jacent parts. 'Fig. 5 is a rear view of the parts shown in the preceding figure, portions being broken away to show the matrix alinmg and clamping devices. Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line 6--6, Fig. 1, showing the form of the second elevator and the intermediate channel by which the matrices are brought to a common levelafter leaving the mold and before delivery to the distributing mechanism. Fig. 7 is avfront elevation of the same part with portions broken away to expose the internal construction.

Referring to Fig. 1. A represents the inclined magazine to contain thematrices; B the inclined belt to which they are delivered one at a time from the magazine; C the assembling elevator in which they are received one at a time and assembled side by side in line; D the intermediate channel so-called, to which the line of matrices is delivered horizontally from the elevator C after the latter has been raised; E the first elevator, which is raised to the position shown by dotted lines in order to receive the composed line from the intermediate channel, and thenlowered to the position shown in full lines in order to present the matrices in front of the slotted mold F, mounted in.

the disk G. H is the secondelevator, by which the. matrices are lifted to the distributing mechanism and to which they are delivered from the elevator E when the latter is in its uppermost position, the spacers or justifiers being left behind in the channel I, from which they are transferred. to the right, to their magazine J. The foregoing parts, with the exceptions hereinafter noted, may all be constructed and arranged to operate in the well known manner familiar to every person skilled in the art.

The matrices K, are each constructed, as usual, in the form of a flat plate, with two characters or matrices proper k and 7a, in one edge, with'ears projecting edgewise at the upper and lower ends, and with distributing teeth in the upper end. For use in the present machine I modify the usual construction by providing the matrix in the forward upper ear with a notch 7: and

by rounding or beveling the corner of the lower outer ear as shown at The assembling elevator is constructed with the usual horizontal channel to receive the matrices, and with shoulders k to sustain them at the lower or normal level. The lower front wall of this channel is beveled or cutaway on the upper side as shown at M, in such manner that any matrix or matrices in the line maybe lifted by the operator from the normal position to the inclined po' sition shown in Fig. 2, in which position they are supported by the upper forward ear engaging over the rear wall of the ole vator, the lower beveled ear bearing on the upper inclined surface 70 During the composition of the line, or after composition is completed, the operator thus raises to the upper position those matrices of which the lower characters are to be used at the mold. After this adjustment of the matrices has taken place the assembling elevator is raised and the line transferred to the left, through the intermediate channel D, to the elevator E, preparatory to its being lowered to the casting position in front of the mold F.

Before the line reaches the elevator E the elevated matrices must be brought to an upright position and held at the proper level.-

To this end I construct the intermediate channel in the manner shown in Fig. 3. It consists of a rigid plate or frame having a horizontal channel or groove of sutlicient size to receive and sustain the line of matrices, and with horizontal shoulders (Z to bear beneath the upper ears of the matrices and to hold them at their normal or lower 1 el; and also with horizontal bottom shoulders d to rest beneath the lower end of. the elevated matrices and hold them at the up er level. The receiving end of the shoul d t i is rounded as shown in Fig. 3, andabove this shoulder is a stationary plate 03 having a rounded and projecting edge. As

the-matrix line is transferred to the left the matrices in the lower position pass into the intermediate channel without being afiected,

but the elevated matrices are acted upon by the rounded edge of the plate 45 which into the first elevator E.

The elevator is constructed, as shown in Fi 4, with lower'shoulders e to engage un er the upper ears of the matrices at the lower level, and with a horiz al lip e, to enter notches of the el l matrices and maintain them at their level. After the line has been received in the elevator E the later is lowered with the matrix line until the selected characters, or matrices proper, are presented in front of the mold slot F, as shown in F i, the mold advancing against the matrices so that the shoul (ler on its face overrides the lower ears of the matrices, as shown in the drawings.

Before the matrices are clamped in their final position against tho-mold it is necessary that they should. be alined vertically with great precision: and for this purpose I provide a movable alining plate M, grooved to fit closely over the'lower rear ears of the elevated matrices, as shown in Fig. i. This plate is mounted on horizontal pivots m, and. is urged rearward to disengage the matrices by a spring m. The alining plate is provided with a downwardly extending arm of, lying in the path of the slide m which is mounted in the mainframe in position to be acted upon by the mold wheel G when the latter advances to carry the mold agaihst the. matrices. Before the mold contacts with the matrices the slide m causes the plate M to swing forward in such manner as to embrace and securely hold the matrix ears. This plate may also be enlarged, as shown in dotted lines, to engage the matrices at the lower level, but I prefer to sustain and aline these lower matrices by the lips or shoulders 0, above referred to. it will be understood that in this type of machine the first elevator acts not only to present the line of matrices in proper relation before the mold, but also after their'ears have been engaged in the manner described, to give thema slight upward movement or impulse to effect their accurate alinementv After the matrix line has served its pur pose at the mold it is raised by the elevator E to the level of the upper guide or channel Linto which the line with. the expansible spacers istransferred to the right in the ordinary manner, for the purpose of delivering-the matrices to the second elevator H, by which the matrices are lifted to the dis tribut-ing mechanism usual, leaving the spacers behir d, for transference to their magazine J.

For the purpose "of justifying the composed line of matrices, or, in other words, expanding it to the predetermined length, I make use of the ordinary cxpansible spacers L, each. consisting of two oppositely tapered wedges, permanently connected by a vertical sliding joint, one of these wedges L being shorter than the other, and having laterally projecting ears Z, by which it is sustained and held while traveling through the machine. These spacers, fully described in Patent 436,532, are well known to those skilled in the art, and needno further description herein.

Before the matrices are delivered to the distributer it is necessary that they shall be brought to a common level, and I therefore construct the second elevator H as shown in Figs. (5 and 7, with two parallel downwardly extending flanges it, having their lower edges turned inward to engage beneath the upper ears of the matrices. The \proportions are such that the matrices at both levels may have their upper ends carried into the elevator as shown in Fig. 6.

In order to properly guide'the matrices in' their passage from the first to the sec- .ond elevator, I provide the transfer channel with the short supporting rib or bar I to bridge the space between them for the matrices standing at the upper level, and locate the base ledges I of the transfer channel in position to support the matrices standing at the lower level. It will thus be seen that the construction of the transfer channel is such that the matrices are delivered to the second elevator at two different levels, but are subsequently allowed to assume a common level therein.

When the elevator rises with the line the ears of all the matrices come to a bearing on the flanges 7L, and thus the matrices are brought to a common level. As the matrices are being transferred to the elevator H it is necessary that the spacers L shall be carried downward below the flanges h in order that they may be left behind when the matrices are lifted. For this purpose I provide in the walls of the stationary guide or channel, I, grooves 2'. At the receiving end these grooves stand at the proper level to receive the ears of the spacers in the line, but in advance of the elevator H they are inclined downward to a lower level, so that as the matrix line advances toward the elevator the projecting ears of the spacers traveling in the grooves i are carried downward, and the upper ends of the spacers sustained below the flange 71, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

After the matrices have been lifted the spacers are carried forward to the right 50 through the grooves i, and delivered into eir magazine J, as usual. The ordinary evices or any other suitable mechanism \may be employed for this purpose.

Having described my invention, what I 1. In a machine of the class described,the

assembler provided with means to support the matrices and formed to permit. their edgewise tilting and elevation, and with fur- 60 ther means to support them in their elevated and .tiltedfposition.

:2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of :matrices having ears, and the assembler having its walls cut away to 05 permit the matrices to be tilted edgewise side remote from and elevated therein, and provided with means to support the matrices int-heir elevatedand tilted position.

In a machine of the class described, in combination, the channeled assembler having the sustaining bevel-surface I0 and the with a channeled support to admit said line I endwise, means for erecting the inclined matrices as the line is transferred, and means for sustaining the erect matrices at two levels;

6. In combination with the assembler C adapted to sustain the'mat-rices at two levels, the higher matrices in an inclined position, the channel D adapted to receive the matrices and sustain them at two levels, and an incline d to erect the inclined matrices in the course of transfer.

7. In a machine of the-class described, the intermediate channel D, through which the matrices are transferred, formed with the supporting shoulders (Z and (Z', and the erecting inclined shoulder d to engage and straighten tilted matrices by contact therewith.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination of the movable first elevator to carry and support the matrices, in the casting position, the mold F, and the movable clamp M mounted in the main frame and adapted to embrace the ears of the matrices, whereby their vertical alinement is insured.

9. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of matrices having ears, a mold,

means for sustaining the matrices in front of the mold, and a member independentof said sustaining means arranged to be moved into engagement with the ears of the matrices on the side remote from the mold to effect level on the side distant from the mold.

11.. In combination with the elevator having shoulders e to sustain matrices at a low level, and a lip e to maintain matrices at an upperlevel, a channeled alining bar M adapted to be moved into engagement with the lower ears of the upper matrices on the the mold to effect their alinement.

1:2. In a machine of the class described and in combination with the mold,- two letter matrices adapted for presentation at different levels to the mold, means to sustain the matrices, and an alining device inde pendent of said sustaining means arranged to be moved into engagement with the mat rices on the side remote from the mold to effeet their alinement.

13. The combination of the mold, the movable matrix presenting elevator E, and the independently mounted, grooved alining bar M arranged to be rocked into engagement with the matrices when presented to the mold and to hold them during the alining movement of the elevator.

14:. In combination with the mold and supporting wheel, movable it'acewise, the elevator to sustain the matrices, a rocking plate M to alinc the matrices, a spring to move said plate in one direction, and means actuated by the mold-wheel to move the plate in the reverse direction.

15. In combination with the mold, two letter matrices, and a. movable elevator E adapted to sustain the matrices at diiierent levels, means independent of the mold and elevator to engage the matrices and determine their vertical alinement.

16. A channeled support, I, adapted to re- Y ceive a composed line of matrices and spacers, in combination with grooves, 2', descending from an upper to a lower level and adapted to carry the spacers downward below the ears of the matrices as the line is advanced endwise; together with means to raise the matrices from the said support to the distributing mechanism. I

17. A channeled support, 1, adapted to receive a composed line of matrices and spacers, and provided with the grooves 2' extending from an upper to a lower level, in combination with a second elevator having flanges h adapted to embrace the upper ends of the matrices; whereby the matrices and spacers are separated and the matrices elevated independently of the spacers.

18. In combination with a first elevator E, a spacer magazine, J, and a second elevator H, a channeled matrix support adapted to guide the matrices to the elevator H and provided with the grooves 2' arranged to depress the spacers below the reach of the elevator H; whereby the elevator H is enabled to receive the matrices and lift them clear of the spacers.

19. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a first elevator for a composed line of matrices and spacers, a spacer magazine J and an intermediate guide or support I having continuous grooves 2' extending from said elevator to the magazine, descending from an upper to a lower level, whereby the spacers are 'low cred during their passage from the elevator to their magazine, together with means to raise the matrices from the said support to the distributing mechanism.

20. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a channel, means in such channel adapted to receive matrices "standing at difierent heights and to allow the higher-ones to dropto the level of the lower ones, a first organ of the distributor, and means on the said organ adapted to receive all the matrices before any dropping.

21. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a channel, means in such channel adapted to receive matrices standing at different heights andto allow the higher ones to drop to the level of the lower ones, a first organ of the distributor,

and means on the said organ adapted to engage all the matrices before any dropping.

22. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a channel, means in such channel adapted to receive matrices standing at diiierent heights and to allow the higher ones'to drop to the level of the lower ones, a first organ of the distributor, and means on the said organ adapted to receive all the matrices after any dropping.

23. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a channel, means in such channel adapted to receive matrices standing at different heights and to allow the higher ones to drop tothe level of the lower ones, a first organ of the distributor, and means on the said organ adapted to engage all the matrices after any dropping.

24-. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a channel, means in such channel adapted to receive matrices.

standing at different heights and to allow the higher ones to drop to the levelofthe lower ones, a first organ hi the distributer,

means on the said organ adapted to receive all the matrices before. any dropping, and

deflectors in the channel adapted to force the spacers downward below the first organ of the distributor.

27. In a typographical composing machine. the combination of a channel, means in such char 'el adapted to receive matrices standing at oitferent heights and to allow the higher ones to drop to the level of the iao lower ones, a first organ of the distributor, 1

means on the said organ adapted to engage fiectors in the channel,

- spacers downward below t e all'the-matrices before any drop deflectors" in the channel, ada to force the spacers downward below t e first organ of the distributer. I

28. In. a t chine, the com ination of a channel, means in such channel adapted to receive matrices standing at different heights and to allow the higher ones tod'rop to the level of the lower ones, a first organ of the'distributer, means on the said, organ adapted to' receive all the matricesafter any dropping, and deada ted to force the first organ of the distributer. l

29. In a .t gra ica coin sin machine, the tzonil iiiiatidii of a cha figelf neans in such channel adapted to receive matrices standing at different heights and to allow the higher ones to drop to the level of the lower ones, a first organ of the distributer,

means on the said organ adapted to engage all the matrices after any dropping, and deflectors in the channel, adapted toforce the sgacers downward below the first organ of e distributer. h

30. In a pogra ical com osin machine, the se zond elevator pro i ided with means toreceive the matrices-at diiferent levels and then to permit them to assume the same level.

31. In a ty ographical composing ma-- chine, the com ination of a first elevator i h 0091:. c! this patent my be obtflnedlor five cents each, by addressing the ing, and

graphical ,composing ma-' ent levels,

' chine, the secon having means tosupport matrices at difierand a second elevator provided with means to receive the matrices at different levels and theii to permit them to assume levels, the-second elevator adapted to trans port the matrices to the distributing mechanism, and intermediate'means to sustain the matrices at such levels during their transfer from one elevator to the other.

34. In a typographical machine, the combinationof an elevator for supporting the matrices in the casting position, and movable to effect their vertical alinement, and devices mounted independently of the elevator to engage the matrices at both their front and rear so as to hold them during the alining movement of the elevator.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of March, 1910, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

JOHN R. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

DAvm S. Kmtmanr, Lucr E. SMITH.

Gommiaaloncr of Iatentl.

Wiihington, D. 8!. M 

